Pissed at gas prices? Get used to it.

[Kelly Rupert]

Oil is a finite resource, and production is limited. Even if oil companies were to put every dime they had towards energy exploration, they still couldn't find enough to keep up with demand. US oil consumption is rising. Indian and Chinese oil consumption is rising. The entire world using more oil, and the Earth isn't making any more any time soon.

Each year, this increase in demand outstrips the increase in production. As such, worldwide oil prices are going to continue to rise. We can yell and hiss and spit all we like at the oil companies, but they can barely even keep up with demand--hence the high prices. And it's going to get worse. The rate at which we're finding new oil reserves is slowing, while the rate at which the Indian and Chinese economies are consuming oil is increasing.

We're probably not going to see $2/gal gas again. If we had a Democrat in office, gas prices would probably be about where they are right now. We have two options when it comes to oil and energy:

1. Use less energy.
2. Use a different energy source.

That's it. All the willpower of all the American consumers will not change the global energy dynamic. So stop trying to "protest" the gas companies and start demanding that Congress fund REAL alternative energy research (corn ethanol is a scam) and enforce REAL fuel economy standards.